Good information but more importantly, good talking tempo. I appreciate how you get to the point and there's no or very little fluff, and definitely no "um....uh...." that turns a 15-minute video into 45 minutes of torture that usually ends after the first 2 minutes. (Yes, I'm thinking of specific GMs from other chess channels.)

Drinking game: drink every time he says "again". Preferably do it with scotch of course

This guy makes every single opening seem flawless.

This variation is strong, but it is nowhere near as strong as the “throbbing scotch” variation. Not even strong players such as xQc have a chance against it

KZfaqrs who read comments 10 years later are legends (also thanks for the chess lessons :)

Good video.. it’s the third time I’ve watched it.. it’s the best way to get to grips with an opening… play it over for a few months, then watch the video again.. you’ll understand it more, then play again, then watch again.. and repeat 👍👍

At 4:30, Qh5+ before capturing the bishop is a little more accurate IMO. If the king moves to f8 then you are capturing with check, which allows you to capture the c3 pawn. If he plays g6, he has just weakened his kingside that much more, and will have to play Nf6, which is a pin that can be played against.

Love all the variations, analysis, and thorough explanations. Kevin is awesome.

your probably the best when it comes to these chess videos, your speaking is very fluent and makes the video breeze by so seemlessly. Great job❤

Came for the chess, stayed for the scotch.

every time i try fried liver attack or this opening, black immediately plays h6. .. :(

This seems like a great fun, sound and aggressive opening! I think I'm gonna buy a book about it.

I found your voice quite understandable, as English is not my mother language I can't follow some commentators, but cassually your voice was easy for me to understand.

Lost 60 Elo learning this opening but getting the themes down helped me climb 200 points to 1600! Thanks dude.

Excellent video. I play the Scotch Gambit. It is an aggressive opening and the video helped my understanding of key ideas as well as essential positions to examine.

This is a fantastic chess lesson!! Thank you so much for not only showing a brilliant opening but for covering all the different lines that players can take, not just the ones that seem obvious to good players. I suck at chess but really want to improve so it can be hard to understand "standard" openings. So thanks so much for covering all of the lines that black could make in response, even the seemingly obvious ones where black get put in check mate in like 3 moves lol. I really appreciate it!

6:47 this varition transportation Italian game reversed after black take pawn white take pawn Qf6 white take bishop ( white tempo sacrfice rook to attack this varition called blackburne varition)

I like the way you've been starting these videos. Straight to the lpThis is a very powerful toolkit of moves

I play the scotch gambit more than any opening I use. After bishop c4 my opponent plays pawn h6 more than any other move. A lot more, maybe 80 percent. Yet that was not covered?

His voice kinda reminded me of Walter Junior's... Your videos are awesome, by the way.

Thanks Kevin. I like how you show and explain the options for black, then how white can respond to those moves. Great stuff !

Every time I hear ,,a lot of pressure’’ XD Aah that’s a lot of pressure !

Scotch Gambit is one of the best games I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing these videos.

I've enjoyed experimenting with this gambit and the video helps me with some basic approaches, thank you

Your videos are very helpful.

i love your explanation..nice and clear..i think it is really helpful to beginners & average players like me

Came here for the scotch, stayed for the chess...

Cliché opening, gambit easy to remind, lot's of easy patterns of variations. Study this for a couple of days and it's printed in your brain. Perfect! Thanks KeviN!

I've been taking time to learn (slowly) the openings for chess. Scotch is a beauty

even with super old videos theyre still super helpful

I play with Qh5 sometimes, but a few moves later. instead of Qh5 on 2 minutes 16, you can also just take the pawn on f7 with the knight right? cause after ...Nxf7, Bxf7-Kxf7 you can also fork the bishop and the king with Qh5+.

what about 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 f3? And you say in 2:45 that c3 does many things, i played it twice, and both my opponents play d3. and you say that castling is something you don't like it because it is not very aggressive, but that is the only variation that got me the most success...

I love Gambit lines and play it with big success - Kings Gambit - Smith morra - but I never heard of this one - definitely something I will try

In the variation where white takes the bishop on e7 with the pawn, can't black just take the pawn with the queen? That puts white in check and will force white to move the king, preventing him from castling later on. Bishop to e3 loses the bishop when the pawn captures it, and if white blocks with the queen on e2, then black trades queens forcing the white king to move so he can't castle. Look at about 13 minutes in. Can someone address this? Thanks.

i saw this video 10 years ago and funny enough its my favorite opening to play with white. For whatever reason, I remembered this opening and all of its variations for 10 years even after taking year long hiatuses. This opening is very good in blitz and typically will cause black to eat away at their time due to the many threats and sharp lines that come from this. Even if black plays 100% accurate, white will still have a well developed game and can still win. Definitely a good opening from 500-2000 elo

Love all of your videos! Been playing this lately and often times, on black’s fifth move they go NE4. Would love to see a little bit of discussion on that…

Good video. I have just started using the Scotch and has worked well, even beating stronger players than myself!

Hello, can you please tell me what software do you use to demonstrate the chess moves ( the directional arrows etc that is shown in the video)?

Luv the scotch gambit ! Learned a couple new ideas here. Good video.

when is the part where white loses in 6 moves?

this is one of my favorite videos, love what you do!

I now win consistently with this opening. Great video!

what happens if black defends with knight to e5 to cancel the threat on f7?

Kevin @thechesswebsite YOUR BACK! WEVE MISSED YOU! PLEASE KEEP GOING. Great video ma man. Its great to have you back. Please more opening videos in depth!

Your speaking tempo and diction is absolutely the best! Just "cut to the chase". No tiresome monologues or chess trivia included!

I’m seeing a lot of similarities to the danish gambit here 🙌 both are very fun

What if instead of the pawn taking, if the knight takes the d pawn instead. Is that a different gambit opening?

How does Vienna Gambit compare in effectiveness with the Scotch Gambit? Which is easier to play, with less theory? And which is more aggressive?

In the beginning of the video, after e4-e5, Nf3-Nc6, D4-e5xd4, Bc4, what if black plays Qf6 instead of Nf6? What would be the best line against that?

Thank you for this Great Video.

At 10:40, it is very tempting to try to save the dark square bishop. But the issue (not mentioned in the video), is that any attempt at doing that runs into cxb2. Black is going to queen and take a rook in the process

This is a good opening to learn if you are an agressive new player. I personally like the various openings where white pushes d4 (Two Knights Defense, Skotch Game/Gambit, Italian Gambit). However, you should go deaper from time to time, whites fifth move 0-0 (2:33), followed Nf6 links over to Max Lange(witch ofc can be reach from Two Knights Defense as well as Scotish Gambit), whitch is sufficiantly agreassive. A lot of players will play Nf6 since it looks natural (however, Qf6 looks like a good way to equalize for black and still keep it complicated?). 2:45, if you are going to link over to Göring Gambit, why not play c3 as move four and avoid the possibility 3.-- Nf6 (linking over to Two Knights defense)?

You really helped me boost my rating Good work😊😊

Kevin you forgot to cover the last variation . which is two nights defense . Please cover it

Kevin, always a pleasure! Thank you!

And the variation where you discuss black playing Ne4 in response to the pawn push e5, if white responds with Bd5, then black has the move Nxf2+! Kxf2 dxc3+ Ke1 cxb2 followed by black playing something like Qe7...here white doesnt have the capture on c3 with tempo choice! Again a razor sharp play ensues...:)

@catainkubrik thats my point. slight advantage, but it was never mentioned

Yeah. Great channel, BTW. You go over 4 variations that black might make,Bishop to c5, Bb4, Kf6, etc. What if he put Queen to F6 instead of the knight? What would be the best line for that?

Hey @thechesswebsite in the first variation you discussed,instead of white playing Qh5, it can play N takes on f7, and after Nx white can lay Bxf7 Kxf7 then Qh5+ snaring the c5 bishop! after that white wil have a nice time doing a O-O,white ends up with a great position...

1E4 e5 2Nf3 Nc6 3d4 exd4 4Bc4 Cf6 5o-o Nxe4 6Re1 d5 7Bxd5 Qxd5 8Nc3 Qd8 9Rxe4+ Andersen attack is one of the most exciting variation ever. Trying it is adopting it

At about 6:50, instead of recapturing on c3 with the b pawn, I think White also does well simply to castle, and give up a second pawn for quick development. If black then captures again on b2, White takes back with the bishop, and has a great bishop pair aiming at the Black king.

At 13:10, when Black's queen recaptured the pawn on e2, white is in check, and there doesn't seem to be a good move. Either a queen exchange, or boxing your rook in. Both leaving the King exposed.

My favourite opening!

at around 5:20 onwards, you mention the pawn move d5, following the bishop moving to b5. why not then move black's knight to e4 following afterwards? I haven't massively analysed it but at least seems to add strength to both of those moves in that combination. No?

I tried the c3 move after Bishop put me in check like Kevin suggested at about 6:50. Pawn took and I took back which was supposed to force Bishop to move.. Instead black played Qe7! I tried Bb2 then his Bishop moved to c5 and the Bishop sacrifice won't work anymore because of his Queen.. I just castled and ended up losing. Any good responses to that qe7 move? I don't see any

At 6:04, if black captures c3 with the pawn, capturing it back can be a problem as the knight on e4 would capture the pawn on f2 hawking down the queen and the rook, most probably taking down rook in the process ...

This is my main opening. I like it

At 13:15 couldn't black recapture the pawn with their Queen, check the white King and basically force the white Queen to move and trade off? Or is there a way to prevent this?

Nice. Houdini suggested after Qf6, then pawn c3, then if queen g6, then castle. Then if qg6xe4, then bxf7. From there it is either a queen loss or mate. So it would be very bad for queen to take pawn at e4. I think I would defend this way because it is such a great trap. Houdini just taught me a new trap. Yay.

I have a question what to do if queen pins the pawn to the king instead of removing their knight? The two knights defense

What about 3rd variant option for black: Queen to E7 instead of moving Knight?

You missed a very possible move. Immediately white plays Bc4 black can very well respond with h7h6. That blocks the knights advance outpost move and a very interesting defensive twist.

If the black knight goes to e4, why would I move the bishop to d5 fork both knights? Won't black just take on f2 forking my queen and rook? Then I'll have to move the queen, and I'll lose the rook. I never know how to really deal with this. At low level chess they always fork the queen and rook.

For some reason I laughed a bit too hard when Kevin said (4:05) "Hopefully he's not that terrible, but he could be"

You should've mentioned a dutch/goring gambit transition in the 3rd variation shown if white castles

It's been less than a week.

Yep, this one's going in the arsenal. Jrobichess and yours are THE best chess-related channels on KZfaq. Each of your videos come with a small epiphany and I've been playing for, a while, ha. Hopefully you can release some transposition related studies at some point because you have a really unique/natural grasp on the game.

Thanks, I like this opening too.

What is wrong with moving Queen to d5 after the black pawn takes on c3? Wouldnt that be a forced checkmate?

I won a game just after watching this video. Yesterday I watched halloween gambit that also helped me a lot. I am an amateur and that helps me in playing.. I think my personality is now playing gambits.

In this opening after we give up the pawn , then we develop the bishop . after that it turns out that the black queen to e7 is a great move. i am having a hard time to play against it.please is there something i am missing .

at 4:30, after white has played QxC5, if play continued 8. ... cxb2 9. Bxb2 Qe7 10. Qh5+ g6, would you say that black's positional advantage is still enough to compensate for his lack of pawns on the queen side?

U are the best chess teacher online

surprised you didnt mention Nxf2, Kxf2, dxc3+ in the line at 6:27

What if black play Qf6 after putting the white bishop on Bc4

How to counter scotch gambit?

I HAVE TRIED SCOTCH GAMBIT SO MUCH TIMES

The bishop c5 line is similar the the evans gambit but you're gambiting the d pawn rather than the b pawn

of course it would be a highly double edged game but nevertheless, black would be expected to play very precisely in the variation that follows, if he wants to keep the extra pawn!

At 13:11 black can take e7 with the queen and check white. White can only block it with its queen and then it will be a queen trade and white can't castle anymore

Question. Doesn't the variation at 13:11 end up being worse for white? If black decides to take the pawn at e7 with the queen. Wouldn't that mean that the white king loses the ability to castle and give black a better position to work with?

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At 2:20 instead qh4 try Cxf7 Cxf7 Bxf7 qh4 g3 qxc5 It s perfectly fine both side but white got an easy play and much more threat, black got to be precise if he wants survive. It s the Haxo Gambit sarrat variation !

To help remember all this I just think if black moves his bishop at all, then you play pawn c3, then remember the bishop momentary sacrifice, the bishop forking the two knights on e5, and if he plays the queen to e7 or knight c6 to just castle.

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Great job analysing! I just found your videos and love them!

A great video as always! What do you recommend if black follows up white's 4.Bc4 with ..Qe7?

For what rating is this gambit will work. I am about 1500 and would let it happen or defend it with out no problem.

4 Bc4, Bc5 5 c3 dxc3 6 Bxf7 Ke8, you recommend 7 Qxc5 but surely 7 Qh5+ Kf8 8 Qxc5+ is better because 9 Qxc3 equalises white in material?